Impact assessment revisited: Improving the theoretical basis for management of invasive alien species

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2025-2035

  Thiele, Jan ^a,c   Kollmann, Johannes ^a   Markussen, Bo ^a   Otte, Annette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Ecological impact; Heracleum mantegazzianum; Invaded range; Non native species; Quantification of regional impacts

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DICOTYLEDON; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; INVASIVE SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION REGULATION; PRIORITIZATION;

HERACLEUM; HERACLEUM MANTEGAZZIANUM;

EID: 77953961953     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9605-2     Document Type: Article

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